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Cecil Woodham-Smith - The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 - 9780140145151 - KKD0003810
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The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849

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Description for The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 Paperback. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 map; portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British ‘obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance’ – and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire ‘solutions’ – largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140145151
SKU
KKD0003810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Cecil Woodham-Smith
Cecil Blanche Woodman-Smith was a British historian and author of popular history books on the Victorian era, including The Great Hunger, Queen Victoria, The Reason Why, and Thin Men of Hadda. She was appointed CBE in 1960, and received honorary doctorates from the National University of Ireland and the University of St. Andrews. She died in 1977.

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